Results 1,841-1,860 of 2,980 for speaker:Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Yes.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: That is agreed.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Deputy Mattie McGrath will share time with Deputy Lucinda Creighton. Is that agreed?
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Deputies will share 20 minutes.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Deputy Alan Farrell is sharing time with Deputy Liam Twomey and Deputy John Paul Phelan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the witnesses for their very interesting presentation on the skills audit. The fact that FIT is linked to industry and can provide the knowledge of what industry wants is unique. We wish them continued success.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: After I raised the model in my intervention many of those holding my position in other countries were very keen to hear more as they see it as part of policy development. There is an urgency to all this of which people are conscious. I believe the progression rate through the courses is high for young people; what is that rate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I believe it is the case that young people in long-term unemployment have been identified as key by the witnesses. What of long-term unemployed people that have reached level 7 or 8? Perhaps they have done arts degrees or the like and cannot find opportunities - could they apply to take some of these courses?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I want to thank the representatives of FIT limited. Does anybody else wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Thank you, Mr. Davitt. I congratulate FIT on the funding it was awarded to develop its programme in other countries. What progress has there been in that regard? Has there been any engagement with the European Commission in terms of outlining what is being done and the potential for putting this programme into European Commission policy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Does anybody have a telephone swithced on? Could everybody check and turn them off, as there is interference with the broadcasting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The witnesses can recruit the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I shall allow Deputy Kyne one last question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I welcome Mr. Barry O'Brien, government programmes executive at IBM; Mr. Peter Davitt, CEO of FIT Limited; Mr. Paul Sweetman, director at ICT Ireland and the Irish Software Association, IBEC, and FIT board member; Mr. George Ryan, FIT chief operations officer; and Mr. Kieran Sweeney, head of Microsoft Capability, Version 1, and FIT board member. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the witnesses for attending today's meeting to discuss the heads of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014. It has been a very valuable engagement which will help to inform the report we will be drafting for the Minister. All of today's submissions will be included in that report. I also take this opportunity to thank all of the stakeholders who came before the committee...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Deputy Lyon's question is directed at Mr. Smith, is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I call Mr. Lundy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Would anybody else like comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Mr. Costigan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Who would like to come in on that question?